Improvement in burial-case lids



L. E. TUTTLE.

- BURIAL CASE LID.

No. 182,295. Patnted Sept. 19, 1876.

N.PETERS, PKOTO'UTHOGRAPHER. WASHiNGTON. D (I.

UNIT STATES PATENT QFFIGE. Y

LAUREN E. TUTTLE, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT. IN BURlAL-CASE LlDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,295, datedSeptember 19, 1876; application filed August 4, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAUREN E. TUTTLE, of thecity of Sterling, in the county of Whitesides and State oflllinois, haveinvented certain Improvements in Burial-Case Lids, of which thefollowing is a specification My invention consists of a face-glasssecured between two cast iron moldings, and

held in a rabbet in the frame of the coffin-lid by means ofpins upon'oneof the said moldings.

Figure 1 is the frame A, consisting of the parts a a and the glass 0.Fig. 2 shows the upper end of the coffin-lid B prepared to receive theframe 'A.

The frame A consists of the parts a u, having the glass 1) between them,and being fastened to eachother by means of short screws, or otherwise.The parts a a, on account'of cheapness, are cast of iron or other metal,and one of the parts a a (it is immaterial which) has cast upon itslower edge the projections c c, which fit into corresponding holes inthe lid B. B is so much of the lid of the case or coffin as is necessaryto exhibit my improvement. In the lid B is out an opening correspondingin its shape to the outside conformation of the frame A. Around and inthe edge of this opening is made the shelf d d of sufficient depth that,when the frame A rests thereonfthe upper side of the frame A d, and isheld therein by a small screw passing down through the upper end of-theframe A into the lid B. A small outer lid, sufficiently large to coverthe glass, is fastened down over the latter in transportation orinterment.

The frame A may be oval, round, or any other suitable shape, and may beapplied to cofiins, cases,

The finish.

I claim as my invention- The glass plate secured between the two partsof the cast-metal frame, and secured in or caskets. parts a a can becast in'any desired the rabbet of the lid by means of the pins orprojections inserted in the lid itself, all substantially as and for thepurpose described.

LAUREN E. TUTTLE. Witnesses J. E. McPHERRAN,

L. A. LINcoLN.

